Amy Winehouse Fanclub

I designed a modern web page and blog for Amy's fanclub

About

About

This project explored a proposed landing page and blog for the largest Amy Winehouse fan club in Brazil. The work focused on early-stage concept development, following a small number of alignment sessions to define scope and direction.


As the project remained at a proposal stage, the timeline was intentionally short and centered on design thinking, low-fidelity prototyping, and rapid exploration. Although the project did not move forward to full development, it resulted in a set of elegant, usability-focused page concepts.

My role

My role

I led the UI design, visual identity, interactive prototyping, and content definition for the blog experience. My work also included concept definition, ideation, and support for early usability studies.

Design Process

Design Process

What makes us follow an artist so deeply?

This question became the foundation of the project. The research focused on understanding why fans develop strong emotional connections with their favorite artists. Drawing from studies by Stuart Fischhoff, whose work explored celebrity worship and social behavior, the idea emerged that the instinct to follow an idol is deeply rooted in human psychology—almost as if we are socially conditioned to follow a leader.

With this in mind, the concept evolved into creating an informative channel that tells Amy Winehouse’s story while sharing relevant news and content. The design direction emphasized a clean visual language, strong imagery, and subtle micro-interactions to encourage exploration and increase time spent on the page.

This question became the foundation of the project. The research focused on understanding why fans develop strong emotional connections with their favorite artists. Drawing from studies by Stuart Fischhoff, whose work explored celebrity worship and social behavior, the idea emerged that the instinct to follow an idol is deeply rooted in human psychology—almost as if we are socially conditioned to follow a leader.

With this in mind, the concept evolved into creating an informative channel that tells Amy Winehouse’s story while sharing relevant news and content. The design direction emphasized a clean visual language, strong imagery, and subtle micro-interactions to encourage exploration and increase time spent on the page.

Wireframes & user flow

Wireframes & user flow

Once the research insights were synthesized, we moved into ideation and began sketching the wireframes and sitemap. This phase focused on defining a clear user flow that supports storytelling while keeping navigation intuitive and lightweight.

Micro-interactions

Micro-interactions

While designing the UI wireframes and components, it became clear that micro-interactions would play a key role in how users experience the content. I explored different transition patterns to reinforce interaction and continuity, testing how motion could support both navigation and storytelling.


Two interactions are highlighted here: selecting and playing a song, and navigating through the artist’s biography. In both cases, motion was used to provide feedback, guide attention, and make the experience feel responsive and engaging rather than static.

Music floating button

Timeline navigation